Sunday-school register.



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923,937. Patented June 8, 1909.

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CHARLES BERNST, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

' Application filed July 16, 1908. Serial N0. 443,914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BERNsT, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefu lImprovements in Sunday-School Registers,-of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a register adapted for usein Sunday schools and the like, and intended to incite the pupils togreat endeavors in increasing the attendance and collection of theschool.

The invention embraces a register made in imitation of a thermometerhaving columns of figures thereon indicating the attendance and alsocolumns of figures indicating col-.

lection-sums, with a plurality of bands for each of said columns whichare preferably arranged in stretches divided-into portions of more thanone color-and independently operably for indicating the comparativecollection and attendance say, of a given Sunday,

in two succeeding years.

The invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionand claim, and from the drawings, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same on the line z z of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rearelevation of my improved device. Fig. 4 is an enlarged edge elevation ofthe polnter and handle therefor. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of thesame. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same, the upperstretch of the bandbeing shown in section on the line y l/ of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail infront elevation showing a reinforce-plate for the walls of one of theslots through which the respective bands pass; and, Fig. 8 is a verticalsection of the same on the line m-r of Fig. 7.

1 re resents a plate which may be in a suitab e frame 2. The plate isprovided with a designation Attendance, as shown at 3, and a designationCollection, as shown at 4, for designatingtan attendancecolumn and acollection-column.

5 is an attendance-band on which are shown progressive numeralsdesignating attendance. This band is in the form of a continuous loopand passes through slots 6 7,

the progressive numerals continuing along the rear stretch of the bandas shown in Fig. 3.

10 is a collection-band'on which are indicated progressive figures ofcollection values, this band preferably forming a loop which passesthrough slots 14 15 in the plate, the progressive figurescontinuingalong the rear stretch of said band so that, if desired, selectivestretches of figures may be caused to appear at the front of the plate.

"Opposite the numbers on the band 5 there are separate scales 2O 21.A'pointer-band 22 is between the scales 21 and a pointerband 23 is atthe side of the scales. The pointer-band 22 preferably comprises astretch 24 of a given color, for instance red, and a stretch 25 which mabe white, there being a pointer 26 between said stretches which has ahandle 27 thereon at the front of said plate, the pointer being arrangedto be placed opposite "any division of the scales 20. The pointer-handpreferably forms a loop which passes through slots 28 29 in the plate.The pointer-band 23 preferably comprises a stretch 30 of a given color,Which'l prefer shall be different from the stretch 24 and which may forinstance be blue, the other stretch 31 of said pointer-band 23 beingwhite, there being a pointer 26 at the meeting points of said stretchesat the front of said plate. This pointer is also provided with a handle27 at the front of said plate. The pointer-hand forms a loop whichpasses through slots 32 33 in the plate 1.

Under the designation Collection there are separate scales 35 36 inregistry with the denominations of figures on the band 10. Be-

tween these scales there is a band 37 and to one side of the same thereis a band 38. The band 37 preferably comprises a stretch 39 of adistinguishing color for instance, red, and the stretch 40 for instancebeing white, at the meeting point of which, stretches at the front ofsaid plate there is an indicator 26 having a handle 27 thereon by whichthe loop of the band 37 is ada ted to be moved through its slots 41 42.and 38 forms a loop having stretches at the front and rear of said plateand passing through slots 45 46 in said plate. It referably comprises astretch 47 of a distinguishing color, for instance, blue, and a stretch48 which may be white, which stretches are arranged to meet at a ointer26 having a handle 27 thereon by which handle the loop may be moved inits slots from the front of the plate for moving the indicator oppositeany designation at the front'of'the scale 35.

There is a space 49 between the attend-' ance-column and thecollection-column in which suitable designations in imitation ofthermometer readings may be shown, as inhaving the designation 59 of adifferent year in connection therewith, so that for instance theadjacent bands 23 and 38 appear to proceed from the representation 56 ofa thermometer bulb and the distanced bands 22 and 37 may appear toproceed from the other of said bulbs. The bulbs have designations ofdifferent years thereon. The pointers on the bands 23 38 respectivelyindicate for instance the respective attendance and collection for theyear 1907, and the pointers on the bands 22 37 indicate the attendanceand collection for the year 1908. In this manner the attendance andcollection between the year 1907 and the year 1908 is shown in prominentcontrast and acts as an incentive to the pupils to bring the attendanceand the collection of the later year to such figures that as great animprovement as possible will be shown between the years.

The device may be made in large form so that the comparative results ofattendance and collection of the different years may appear prominentlyto the whole class or school. It forms a pleasing appearance, thedifferent colors of the stretches on the respective bands aiding in thepleasing appearance and,

if desired, the thermometer-bulbs may show a different color, forinstance, yellow but preferably gilt.

The junction of the respective stretches of the pointer-bands to theirhandles may be obtained by forming the pointer 26 of a separate iece(see Figs. 4, 5 and 6) and bending the ower end 61 of the upper stretchunder and in front of said pointer and the upper end 62 of the lowerstretch around the top and the rear of said pointer, so that each ofsaid ends is between the pointer and the opposite stretch of the band,the handle. 27 being placed in front of the lower stretch and rivets 63passing through the flanges 64 of the handle and through said pointerand the thicknesses of the said respective stretches.

The plate 1 may be of card-board and if made of card-board I prefer toreinforce the slots by means of a reinforce-plate 65 having flangesrespectively at the front and rear of said plate, the band passingthrough the slot in said reinforce-plate.

Havin thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

' In a Sunday-school register, the combination with a scale havingindicia, of a plurality of movable bands each having indicating meansadapted to operate in conjunction with saidcseale, said bandsrespectively designating independent periods and serving as acomparative register.

I11 testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name hereto in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES BERNST.

itnesses I'IARRY I'IENKE, ROBERT A. BLACK.

